As of 2010, South Africa recognizes seven royal families in the country, after a recommendation by a traditional leadership commission that the government cease to recognize six of the thirteen previously recognized traditional kingships upon the deaths of their incumbent monarchs. These seven kingdoms are located in the Eastern Cape (3), Limpopo (2), KwaZulu-Natal (1), and Mpumalanga (1). (http://bit.ly/2J5MObj)